A Theory of Professional Identity in Journalism: Connecting Discursive Institutionalism, Socialization, and Psychological Resilience Theory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patric Raemy
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Identity Performance ◽  
Resilience Theory ◽  
Discursive Institutionalism ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Distinct Level ◽  
Adaptation Processes

Abstract Studies about journalists’ professional identity have so far been scarce. However, understanding the constitution and formation processes of professional identity helps to explore journalists’ and journalism’s identity, performance, and adaption to challenges. The study enhances theories about journalistic roles, professional identity, and adaptation processes in journalism, based on a synthesis of literature from different fields as well as qualitative interviews with 20 journalists from print and online Swiss newspapers. This research proposes a model that explains: (a) the constitution of professional identity in journalism as an additive, relational, and hierarchical concept; and (b) the process of formation at three distinct level of analysis. The idea is that different theories address adaptation processes on distinctive analytical fields: discursive institutionalism captures the relationship between journalists’ and journalism’s identity (macro); socialization theory focuses on the adaption process into a social community (meso); and resilience theory explains individuals’ adaptation in face of challenges (micro).

scholarly journals A stoic and altruistic orientation towards their work: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ experiences of awaiting a COVID-19 test result

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malene Missel ◽  
Camilla Bernild ◽  
Ilkay Dagyaran ◽  
Signe Westh Christensen ◽  
Selina Kikkenborg Berg
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Hard Time ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Current Outbreak ◽  
The Right ◽  
Decisive Parameter ◽  
Test Result

Abstract Background Extensive measures to reduce person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 are required to control the current outbreak. Special attention is directed at healthcare professionals as reducing the risk of infection in healthcare is essential. The purpose of this study was to explore healthcare professionals’ experiences of awaiting a test result for a potential COVID-19 infection. Methods Qualitative interviews with 15 healthcare professionals were performed, underpinned by a phenomenological hermeneutical analytical framework. Results The participating healthcare professionals’ experiences of awaiting a COVID-19 test result were found to be associated with a stoic and altruistic orientation towards their work. These healthcare professionals presented a strong professional identity overriding most concerns about their own health. The result of the coronavirus test was a decisive parameter for whether healthcare professionals could return to work. The healthcare professionals were aware that their family and friends were having a hard time knowing that the COVID-19 infection risk was part of their jobs. This concern did not, however, cause the healthcare professionals to falter in their belief that they were doing the right thing by focusing on their core area. The threat to own health ran through the minds of the healthcare professionals occasionally, which makes access to testing particularly important. Conclusion The participating healthcare professionals had a strong professional identity. However, a discrepancy between an altruistic role as a healthcare professional and the expectations that come from the community was illuminated. A mental health coronavirus hotline for healthcare professionals is suggested.

Revitalisation gone wrong: Mixed-income public housing redevelopment in Toronto’s Don Mount Court

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (16) ◽  
pp. 3405-3422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine August
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Housing Redevelopment ◽  
New Urbanist ◽  
Improved Design ◽  
Mixed Income

This article challenges the presumed benevolence of mixed-income public housing redevelopment, focusing on the first socially-mixed remake of public housing in Canada, at Toronto’s Don Mount Court (now called ‘Rivertowne’). Between 2002 and 2012 the community was demolished and replaced with a re-designed ‘New Urbanist’ landscape, including replacement of public housing (232 units) and 187 new condominium townhouses. While mixed redevelopment is premised on the hope that tenants will benefit from improved design and mixed-income interactions, this research finds that many residents were less satisfied with the quality of their housing, neighbourhood design, and social community post-redevelopment. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews and ethnographic participant observation, this article finds that tenant interviewees missed their older, more spacious homes in the former Don Mount, and were upset to find that positive community bonds were dismantled by relocation and redevelopment. Challenging the ‘myth of the benevolent middle class’ at the heart of social mix policy, many residents reported charged social relations in the new Rivertowne. In addition, the neo-traditional redesign of the community – intended to promote safety and inclusivity – had paradoxical impacts. Many tenants felt less safe than in their modernist-style public housing, and the mutual surveillance enabled by New Urbanist redesign fostered tense community relations. These findings serve as a strong caution for cities and public housing authorities considering mixed redevelopment, and call into question the wisdom of funding welfare state provisions with profits from real estate development.

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship Between Professional Identity and Psychological Resilience of Organ Donation Coordinators in Zhejiang Province (China)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Shu ◽  
Bing-yu Xing ◽  
Wei-xiu Ruan ◽  
Li-yan Gao ◽  
Qun-fang Miao
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Human Organ ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
The Coordinator ◽  
Total Average

Background: An organ donation coordinator plays an important role in the process of organ donation and transplant. Therefore, investigating and analyzing the current situation in organ donation and examining the correlation between professional identity and psychological resilience of human organ donation coordinator, provides a reference for promoting stable development of organ donation.Methods: A total of 48 coordinators of organ donation in Zhejiang Province were recruited for the study by using the method of convenience sampling. The psychological resilience scale and professional identity questionnaire were used to collect data.Results: The results revealed that the total average score of the professional identity of organ donation coordinators was 34.92 ± 8.57. Compared with the median professional identity score of 34.50, the professional identity of the coordinator in this survey was at a moderate level. The total average score of psychological resilience was 64.44 ± 11.91. There was a significant positive correlation between the professional identity of the coordinator and the total score of psychological resilience (r = 0.641, P < 0.01).Conclusion: The professional identity and psychological resilience of the coordinators in Zhejiang Province were found to be in the middle level and the higher the psychological resilience score, the stronger the professional identity of the coordinators. It is important to improve the level of psychological resilience among organ donation coordinators to enhance their professional identity.

Betwixt and between

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Frank ◽  
Roumiana Ilieva
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Professional Identity Development ◽  
Immigrant Teachers ◽  
Canadian Immigrants ◽  
Positioning Analysis ◽  
Immigrant Professional ◽  
Professional Teaching

The success of Canada’s immigration policy is intrinsically tied to employment of an immigrant workforce. Teaching is the fourth largest profession among Canadian immigrants, yet immigrants whose occupations are in education are three times less likely to be employed in their matching profession. Failure to incorporate an immigrant workforce not only affects economic success, but has repercussions for immigrant professional identity. This paper reflects on the development of professional identity for twelve internationally educated immigrant teachers (IETs) seeking to reposition themselves as teachers in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia, Canada. Through qualitative interviews and Life Positioning Analysis (Martin, 2013), this research explored the role of significant others in facilitating or impeding IETs’ inclusion into the teaching force and subsequent effects on professional identity development. Language and linguistic abilities emerged as a pervasive theme. Participants found acceptance and validation of their language and cultural differences through the perspectives of the students with whom they came into contact. In contrast, the professional teaching community’s perspectives in regard to accents and language proficiency caused IETs to question their competence and negatively impacted their professional identities. Implications for practice with respect to supporting IETs repositioning are offered.

Zur Bedeutung sportbezogener Orientierungs- und Verhaltensmuster in der Familie für das Sportengagement Jugendlicher

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christelle Hayoz ◽  
Claudia Klostermann ◽  
Torsten Schlesinger ◽  
Siegfried Nagel
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Organized Sports ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
The Family

SummaryYoung people differ widely in their sports behavior and show high drop-out rates from organized sports. One explanation from socialization theory refers to the transgenerational mediation of sports behavior and orientations toward sports within the family. The present study investigates the relevance of orientations toward sports and behavioral patterns within the family to young people’s sports behavior. Using methodological triangulation between multiple linear regression and qualitative interviews of young people between the ages of 15 and 20 (

scholarly journals The making of a glass slipper

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Professional Conduct ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Psychological Counselling ◽  
The Social

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deploy the concept of the “glass slipper” to unpack the construction of systematic patterns of inclusion and exclusion along the lines of gender, age and class in the emerging, female-dominated profession of psychological counselling in Russia. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws on an analysis of 26 in-depth qualitative interviews with practising counsellors in Russia. Findings – Drawing on the glass slipper concept, the article demonstrates how seemingly neutral discursive “rules” of professional conduct articulated by counsellors create an association between a collective professional identity and the social identities of typical practitioners, making this profession appear most suitable for middle-aged, middle-class women. The findings also show how certain embodied identities – in this case masculinity – may be able to “fit” into a slipper that was not made for them. Originality/value – The paper extends the understanding of the dynamics of inequality patterns in a feminized profession in the Russian context by unveiling previously underexplored patterns of marginalization along the lines of class and age. It also strengthens the collective-associative view of occupational identity and extends the glass slipper concept by exposing the mechanisms of body-work association in this profession and demonstrating that certain identity characteristics may be more universally privileged in the construction of professional identities.

‘It’s not like the Germans to take something that wasn’t theirs’

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Hanno Schwind
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Copyright Infringement ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Situation Comedy ◽  
Production Studies ◽  
Production Culture ◽  
Global Television ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Television Market ◽  
German Adaptation

At the time of its conception, the producers of Stromberg, the German adaptation of the British situation comedy The Office, were accused of copyright infringement. Based on exclusive data from qualitative interviews with the creative personnel, this article contributes to the previously under-theorised field of television comedy production studies in non-Anglophone contexts. Exploring the clash of standardised procedures on the global television market with traditional practices and a distinct production culture in Germany, it challenges established theorisations of television ‘format’ and argues for a more nuanced and case-specific understanding of how adaptation processes facilitate and stimulate creativity across borders.

Travellers' Resilience to Major Travel Risks of Today

2021 ◽  
pp. 242-266
Author(s):  
Vanda Veréb ◽  
António Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Resilience Theory ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Terrorism Risk ◽  
The Face ◽  
Great Damage

It is argued that the current times can be labelled as the era of fear, as there is always something to be afraid of. Fear causes great damage to the tourism industry, as the prerequisite of global travels is (the sense of) safety. Resilience is a promising approach to address the harmful effect of fear in tourism. Travellers' resilience, while an essential component of overall tourism resilience, is scarcely studied. This chapter investigates what makes global travellers resilient in the face of current global adversities, terrorism risk, and COVID-19, the recent game-changers in tourism. By building on psychological resilience theory and synthesizing the latest risk-specific findings, general categories of travellers' resilience are outlined. The chapter concludes by profiling each travellers' category along with communication guidelines on how to encourage each segment in troubled times.

scholarly journals Second victims, organizational resilience and the role of hospital administration

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Margherita Santomauro ◽  
Cor J Kalkman ◽  
Sidney Dekker
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Professional Culture ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
The Status ◽  
Healthcare Professions ◽  
The Individual

Second victims are practitioners involved in an incident that (potentially) harms or kills somebody else, and for which they feel personally responsible. Professional culture and the psychology of blame (and shame) influence how second victims are viewed and dealt with. This paper reviews the status of second victimhood in healthcare – both its symptomatology and organizational responses. Then it considers the problematic nature of “human error” in healthcare and sets this against the psychological backdrop of healthcare professions, seeking cultural-historical explanations in assumptions of actor autonomy and professional identity. It concludes by drawing links between the psychological resilience of the individual practitioners involved in an incident and the resilience of an organization’s safety culture.

scholarly journals Successful Community Resettlement of Men with Learning Disabilities Who Have Completed a Hospital-Based Treatment for Sexual Offending

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Hollomotz
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Social Community

Abstract Treatment for sexual offending equips men with learning disabilities with tools required for pro-social community living. In the past, risk aversiveness prevented discharges from hospital, but fieldwork took place at the time of the Transforming Care Agenda, which sought to enable more people to return to their communities. This offered the opportunity to gain unique insights into community resettlement planning in cases that require ongoing risk management. Eleven case studies were examined through qualitative interviews with the men and professionals. A realist evaluation methodology was applied to examine how treatment outcomes manifested longer term. It was evidenced that treatment had equipped men with risk management tools, as well as encouraged them to develop realistic visions for their pro-social futures and that both outcomes come to fruition under conditions that allow positive risk taking. The welfareist and user-led nature of working towards pro-social community living makes this a useful toolkit for social work, whilst input from forensic health services was valued for skilling up the social care workforce. However, discharge practices continued to be influenced by contextual factors, including local availability of resources and personal attributes, such as men’s sexual preferences and levels of compliance and some men remained in hospital.

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